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EPISODE 23: How I Published My Book (And 3 Ways You Can Too)
Dozens of you have written in since my book came out asking the same question: how did you publish your book? Today I'm answering it — and giving you three different paths depending on why you're writing and what kind...
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EPISODE 22: We Just Started Driving South: A Survey Trip to Bangladesh
SUMMER SHORT-TERM TRIP SERIES: SURVEY TRIPS (BANGLADESH)
This is the finale of the Short-Term Trip Summer Series — and we're going to Bangladesh.
Two twenty-five-year-old millennial vloggers named Luke and Paul. A...
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EPISODE 21: Someone Has to Go First: What a Survey Trip Actually Is
SUMMER SHORT-TERM TRIP SERIES: SURVEY TRIPS
My favorite kind of short-term trip is the one hardly anyone is planning.
The Short-Term Trip called a Survey Trip goes where no long-term workers live. Where if you look up...
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EPISODE 20: Be Useful - What a Professional Short Term Trip Actually Looks Like
SUMMER SHORT-TERM TRIP SERIES: PROFESSIONAL TRIPS
Last week I took you to Mumbai to show you what a Vision Trip looks like — the Red Light district, the Dharavi slum, Titus and his chai, the maps-on-the ground prayer...
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EPISODE 19: Let Me Take You to Mumbai: What a Vision Trip Actually Looks Like
SUMMER SHORT-TERM TRIP SERIES: VISION TRIPS
Rather than tell you the difference between a Vision Trip and a Professional Trip and a Survey Trip (the three trip types), I want to show you what a Short-Term Vision Trip...
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EPISODE 18: Why Most Short-Term Mission Trips Miss the Mark (And How to Fix It)
I have a confession to make.
Years ago, I led a short-term trip to India with twenty-two people and the best intentions in the world. We stuffed twenty-two of our forty-four duffel bags with Beanie Babies for orphan...
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EPISODE 17: Why Headship Theology Is Dangerous for the Nations (And for Women)
Why is it that women are often more unleashed in overseas movement contexts than in Western churches? And what does that tell us about the theology we've accepted without examining?
In this episode, I'm wading into...
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EPISODE 16: You Don’t Have to Be Mother Teresa: The Five Global Goer Types
I just got off a call with a former Anderson Consulting executive who coaches aspiring cross-cultural workers how to start legitimate businesses in countries where religious visas don’t exist. And I thought — he is...
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EPISODE 15: Discerning Your Calling — Part 2 Called to a Who, Not a Where
Discerning Your Calling — Part 2: Called to a Who, Not a Where
This is Part 2 of my two-part series on discerning your calling as a Global Goer. If you haven't listened to Episode 14 yet, I recommend you start there...
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EPISODE 14: Discerning Your Calling — Part 1 How to Know if You Should Go
A couple of years ago, I sat in a room with about 50 cross-cultural workers living in South Asia — veterans, people with 20+ years on the field. We asked the ones who stayed: what kept you here? Every single one of...
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EPISODE 13: What I Do to Reach 92: The Importance of Physical Health as a Global Goer
In this episode, I get personal about my physical health journey — what woke me up, why it matters specifically for global goers, and the practical changes I'm making now. From walking and strength training to...
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EPISODE 12: My Life As a Third Culture Kid: How to Understand Us
If you grew up overseas — or you're raising kids who are — this episode is for you.
Jeannie Marie is a classic TCK who grew up in the Philippines and moved to the US at 18. In this first episode of a planned TCK...
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